Columbia Heights High School - Cohian Yearbook (Columbia Heights, MN)

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Students Join Area Schools for Minneapolis Star and Tribune Journalism Clinic at the Pick-Nicollet So big, exclaims senior Vickie Micek as she reads a childrens poem, Elf and The Doormouse, in Mr. Fischer's speech. mfaww f,ftft.ts.fstu1fw V - Ukranian egg painting, Origami paper folding, rock polishing and Jello Shake-a-puddings provided topics for demonstrations in speech classes. Their main goal was to speak extemporaneously - with few notes and ci thorough knowledge of their topic. Humanities classes discussed four main areas - art, music, litera- ture, and philosophy. After learning the basics of music, rhythm groups were formed using maracas, flutes, and other instruments. On March l classes traveled to the Minneapolis Institute of Art to view an exhibit of medieval and Renaissance painting. Current event speeches, critical thinking and speaking, and studying the process of reasoning occupied forensics students' time. The drama class reenacted favorite fairy tales as one activity. Highlighting iournalism's year was a trip to the High School Journalism Clinic at the Pick-Nicollet Hotel November 9 sponsored by the Minneapolis Star and Tribune. Students listened to such col- umnists and critics as Jim Klobuchar and Allan Holbert. Students also gave radio programs with news, weather and sports broad- casts in connection with a unit on communication media. Discussing aspects ofjazz, forensics students listen to their teacher as he tells of his experiences in the Stu Anderson Trio.

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London News English Reading 0133: Compiling a notebook for Mrs. Halver oc- cupies much of Denise Pederson's time. 4-1 In a new library carrel, Kathy Sematuk gathers notes for an English research paper. How dare you talk to a venerable octogenarian like that, squawks Gary Hafvenstein to bum Teri Berglund as officer Sue Pilarski referees the fight during a fourth hour vocabulary skit. if rfl'i if gif'

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1 lndian Employment Center representative, Bonnie Wallace tells of reservation needs as William Budd and Lillian Anthony wait to speak. Human Rights Day Panels Stress World Awareness Guest speaker Wade Russell, a member ofthe Way staff, ponders Q A student lawyer swears in the owner ofthe Purple Grotto to testify point brought up in one ofthe sessions held on Human Rights Day. in C1 Case involving Farmer Jones' wrecked haywagon, Guilty or not guilty? Senior Cary Mihalow appears undecided as his jury discusses the outcome of a case during a winter visit to the Mitchell School of Law. 33